Tennis - Australian Open - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 17, 2018. Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov celebrates winning his match against Mackenzie McDonald of the U.S. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Rafa Nadal eased to a second round victory at the Australian Open on Wednesday while third seed Grigor Dimitrov was made to work hard to reach the third round in a five-set thriller against American Mackenzie McDonald.
Top seed Nadal beat Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) and will face Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur in the next round while Bulgarian Dimitrov had to dig deep to carve out a 4-6 6-2 6-4 0-6 8-6 victory over unseeded qualifier McDonald.
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